Here's what SpaceX paid Tesla for in 2019 and first quarter 2020:—$2.2 million of "battery components"—$1.2 million of "non-battery vehicle parts"—a $700,000 custom tool—a $300,000 Tesla Energy systemcnbc.com/2020/04/28/her… (via @lorakolodny)
Tesla also paid SpaceX $200,000 for use of the rocket company's private jet in Q1 2020.
“In this race to disrupt the world with both electric cars and autonomy as well as space, you don’t really work for Tesla or SpaceX. You just work for Elon Musk,” technology analyst Gene Munster of Loup Ventures said. “You have the most wicked-smart people who can feed off of each other all working for Elon, and he can call on them to help crack various problems.”>Materials LinksBoth cars and rockets need to stay trim and light to get where they’re going, making material science another key area where the companies can collaborate. And that’s not hard to do, with Charles Kuehmann serving as the vice president of materials engineering for both companies. He joined Musk’s empire from Apple in 2015.The materials teams at both companies sometimes hold joint meetings -- in person and via conference call -- to brainstorm and discuss materials issues,>
In the Monday email — sent on the 12th day after Russia invaded Ukraine — Tesla employees were also praised for helping SpaceX, the aerospace venture also led by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, to bring its Starlink satellite internet service to Ukraine.Among other things, Tesla’s Energy team assembled and provided lithium ion battery energy storage systems known as Tesla Powerwalls to run Starlink equipment in Ukraine.Tesla employees used inverters and charging cables that were donated by Tesla’s certified installers in the area to assemble the Starlink-and-Powerwall systems. They also fashioned AC cables from scrap at Tesla’s new factory being built outside of Berlin to help power Starlink equipment.
